U.S. farmers’ group says pharma, not dairy, is main obstacle to ratifying USMCA

OTTAWA — A leading U.S. farmers’ organization says it wants the new North American trade agreement renegotiated to fix a major flaw — one that has nothing do with Canada’s much-attacked supply-management system for diary. The National Farmers Union says the new deal’s extended patent protection for new pharmaceuticals must be reduced so that less […]